PHILADELPHIA — Nick Foles on Wednesday garnered his second NFC offensive player of the week award this season after tying the NFL single-game record with seven touchdown passes last week.

With the Eagles trying to replicate their preparation of last week in the hope it would lay the foundation for similar success, it stood to reason head coach Chip Kelly would concede Vick’s hamstring wasn’t ready and name Foles the starter. That’s what he did last Wednesday. Kelly made only the hamstring connection.

“Nick is starting in practice today,” Kelly said. “We’ll be consistent for the whole year. I want consistency out of my team so you’ve got to have consistency out of me.”

Reminded he’d made the starting decision on this day the previous week, Kelly responded “No, I didn’t, I said Tuesday we had to see him.

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“You’ve got to look at your days,” Kelly said. “Tuesday we didn’t know where he was coming back. We had to see him on the field first.”

Kelly moved on as he was told it was, indeed, Wednesday. Looking back at the days we can confirm Kelly made the announcement that Foles would start last Wednesday. So much for consistency.

At any rate, Foles joins Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick as the only Eagle quarterbacks to win offensive player of the week at least twice in one season. Foles earned it for big games leading the Eagles to victories over the Raiders and the Buccaneers.

Defensive end Cedric Thornton (knee) was given another maintenance day.

Offensive tackle Jason Peters (pec) was a full participant, among others.

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Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said linebacker Clay Matthews (thumb) practiced Wednesday and would be evaluated at the end of the week.

McCarthy all but confirmed the obvious about quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

“I don’t expect Aaron to practice tomorrow or the next day, but I’m Irish Catholic and I believe in miracles,” McCarthy said. “That’s how we roll. But we’ll see what happens. I think it’s probably unrealistic for him to play this week.”

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The buzz in the locker room beyond the buzz of playing the Packers this week involves a Thursday night college football game.

The third-ranked Oregon Ducks (8-0) take on the host Stanford Cardinal (7-1), ranked fifth in the country, at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

Kelly guided Oregon to a 46-7 record before joining the Eagles. The Ducks playing for him on the pro level are safety Patrick Chung, wide receiver Jeff Maehl and linebacker Casey Matthews.

Tight end Zach Ertz is the lone Cardinal on the roster. His controversial touchdown reception helped lift his team to a 17-14 overtime win over the Ducks last year.

“There’s Oregon all around me, from the defensive coaches to the offensive coaches to all the players here,” Ertz said. “That’s crazy. There’s been a little chit-chatting especially about the catch in the corner of the end zone. They brought it up saying it wasn’t a catch, still. And I say they overturned the call on the field, so obviously it was a catch. We won. I had the last laugh.”

Ertz said Chung has to wear a Stanford jersey if the Cardinal win. Ertz has to put on the Oregon gear is the Ducks prevail.

When Ertz looks into his crystal ball he sees … Chung wearing the Cardinal top after a 28-24 victory for Stanford.

“It’s going to be a fun game,” Ertz said. “Very good teams both offensively and defensively. Stanford is going to have to make some plays offensively and Oregon is going to have to stop them defensively. Our defense is very good. Their offense has gotten a lot of notoriety and we’re just looking forward to the game … as a former Stanford player.”

Maehl predicts a 49-24 win for the Ducks.

“The way they’re playing this year, coming off a bye week this year and obviously losing to them last year they’ll have a chip on their shoulder going down there,” Maehl said of Oregon. “Stanford has played us well the last four or five years so you really can’t count anyone out but I don’t want to be rude … ”

NOTES

Referee Mike Carey and his crew officiate Eagles-Packers. … The Packers opened as 10 1-2 point favorites versus the Eagles. The line dropped to one point, and now it’s even, obviously due to the fractured collarbone of Rodgers. … Vick is the only Eagles’ quarterback on the 2014 Pro Bowl ballot. Vick is 2-4 as the starter, Foles 2-1.